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Author Shlonsky, Ur

Title Clause structure and word order in Hebrew and Arabic : an essay in comparative Semitic syntax / Ur Shlonsky
Published New York ; Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (x, 289 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford studies in comparative syntax
Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
Contents 1. Introduction -- pt. I. Verb Movement and Clausal Architecture. 2. The Active Participle and the Syntax of the Present Tense. 3. Participles and Auxiliaries. 4. Negation in the Present Tense. 5. Some Remaining Issues. 6. Arabic Negation and Arabic Clause Structure -- pt. II. Null Subjects and Inversion. 7. Null Subjects. 8. Subject-Verb Inversion -- pt. III. The Pronominal System. 9. Semitic Clitics. 10. Pronouns -- Appendix. Nonpronominal Incorporation
Summary Looking at the grammars of Hebrew and several varieties of Arabic, Shlonsky examines clausal architecture and verb movement and the role of agreement in natural language, using Chomsky's Government and Binding approach
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-277) and index
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Subject Hebrew language -- Clauses
Hebrew language -- Word order
Arabic language -- Clauses
Arabic language -- Word order
Hebrew language -- Grammar, Comparative
Arabic language -- Grammar, Comparative
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Hebrew.
Arabic language -- Clauses
Arabic language -- Grammar, Comparative
Arabic language -- Word order
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
Hebrew language -- Clauses
Hebrew language -- Grammar, Comparative
Hebrew language -- Word order
Form Electronic book
LC no. 96030845
ISBN 1602561451
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